Technology : Identification And Evaluation Of Sources

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Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources
This investigation will explore the question: How did technological advancements help to shape the Northern victory in the U. S. Civil War? The time frame for the investigation will range from the 1830s to 1865 when the Civil war ended; many technologies were created far prior to the Civil war, but were improved upon or finally put to work beginning around this period.
The first source to be evaluated is called “Mr. Lincoln 's High-tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War”, written by Thomas B. Allen- with the help of his son, Roger Allen- and published in 2009. Allen is an American Historian who has written many war books in addition to being an editor of National Geographic. Thus, the origin of this source is valuable because the author is well-versed in American history. However, Allen’s historical knowledge is not specifically pertaining to the Civil War, but American history in general, thus limiting the strength of the information presented in the source. In addition, the content of this source in general focuses on how Lincoln was the main driving force that pushed the technological advances that shaped the Northern victory, not how the technology itself shaped it. This shift in perspective may have thus downplayed the role of technology by centering on Lincoln’s role instead. By minimalizing the effects of technology

Critical Thinking and
Evaluation of Sources
Critical thinking is learning to think for yourself and to develop your own independent opinions, backed by sound reasoning and support. It is learning to drop the role of passive student and to assume the role of a self reliant thinker and researcher.
Critical thinking enters into important decisions in your daily life and affects your growth process in school and work. The term critical thinking describes the deliberate thinking that helps you to decide

Courtney Larson
Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources
In this paper the question “How did Sam “The Banana Man” Zemurray change the political organization of Honduras in the 1910’s?” will be examined. The decade of 1910-1920 is used to narrow the span of time that can be considered. Honduras is examined because it was the second largest banana exporter in the world up to 1915, thereafter it was the largest (Bucheli 11).
The first source is “The Fish That Ate The Whale” by Rich Cohen

Ryan Bankston
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2B History
Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of sources
This investigation will explore the question: What were the causes that lead to Prohibition 's failure in the United States? This investigation will follow the years 1893 through 1933 to analyze the reasons for Prohibition 's failure as well as a shift away from Prohibition.
The Prohibition era in the United States is most notably remembered for its inability to "sober up" the nation. According to Mark Thornton

Section A: Identification and Evaluation of sources
This research paper is on the question of , What was the United States and other nations Response to the Rape of Nanking? This question is highly important for historians because it gives a view on how governments dealt with atrocities committed by nations and how they intervene.
One source that is valid to the topic would be They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre

Identification and Evaluation of Sources
Source 1: A Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
This source was written by Albert Einstein in 1939. At the time of the publication of this letter, Einstein had retired from his job as the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany and had immigrated to the United States (Biography, Bio.com). Einstein with scientists Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard lobbied the U.S. government to take action in funding a research program

I. Evaluation and Interpretation of Sources
In October 1962, the United States discovered nuclear missiles in Cuba, resulting in a two-week political crisis. This investigation will be assessing the following: what was Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s impact on the decisions and outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nearly all of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council were recorded, as well as many private conversations between President Kennedy

Evaluation Criteria for Text Sources
Title and Author of Source:
Enoch, Jessica and Jordynn, Jack. "Remembering Sappho: new perspectives on teaching and writing women's rhetorical history." College English 73(5): pp. 518-537. Print. (Copy). Retrieved from: ProQuest Database. [Accessed on 31 May 2012].
First, consult the document entitled "Guidelines for Evaluating Sources". Then judge the credibility of the all the sources you located (use one worksheet for each source) according to each of

Identification and Evaluation of Sources
The British were renowned for their ability to colonize due to their strong naval resources and ambition. Among the lands colonized were New Zealand and Australia. Although they are next to each other on the map, England’s territory-grabbing past begs the question – “To what extent does the colonization of Australia differ from the colonization of New Zealand?” The focus of this investigation is to analyze the reasons for the British colonization of both areas

Part I: Identification & Evaluation of Main Source
The Vietnam War is a huge part of American history, it is the first war that the United States lost. Many already know what happened to the U.S. during the Vietnam War, but not many know about what happened to Vietnam during the Vietnam War and how the U.S. affected that country. The bias of the Americans not speaking upon what happened to the Vietnamese brings up a question; To what extent has foreign influence by the United States during the

Identification and evaluation of Sources
This paper is going to use two major historical secondary sources as far as the persecution of the Jews between 1933-1945 in Germany is concerned.
It generally addresses the question, “to what extent did pope Pius xii support Hitler’s persecution of the Jews?” One of the investigative sources which is used, is the book ‘The Papacy, the Jews and the Holocaust,’ written by Frank J Coppa and printed by the Catholic University of America Press in 2006. In this